Nirvana Shaw

Nirvana Shaw, LCSW, brings four decades of clinical work to a Mind-Body Integrative Psychotherapy framework. Based in Maine, she combines attention to emotional, spiritual, and physical well being while offering patients practical tools that support lasting change. Her approach blends conventional psychotherapeutic strategies, including the consideration of medications when appropriate, with less invasive, evidence-informed therapies such as dietary change, meditation, acupuncture, yoga, herbal medicine, and therapeutic massage.

Shaw’s listed specialties include LGBT concerns, career transitions, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She also attends to a broad range of related issues, including autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, family of origin difficulties, gender dysphoria, and relationship challenges. With a long clinical history, she emphasizes integrative options that engage multiple dimensions of health.

This profile highlights a practitioner who frames healing in the present moment and supports the development of routines and practices that patients can carry forward. The combination of traditional psychotherapy and complementary methods is presented as a coordinated path tailored to individual needs.